Pipe Handling Accidents

Pipe handling accidents happen every day, and can be deadly.

Avoid costly insurance claims and keep your workers safe by utilizing contoured dunnage to keep pipes in place while loading and unloading pipes from transport trucks or at pipe storage yards.


We have compiled below a few links to media reporting about past accidents involving the improper loading, offloading, and transportation of pipes and tubulars. 

These accidents are very common.

Using contoured dunnage from Centra Cam would significantly reduce the majority of these risks.

Links to road accidents involving hauling pipe

https://globalnews.ca/news/9999765/alberta-fatal-pipe-through-windshield-rcmp/

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-report-no-f-ohs-165179

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/report-no-f-ohs-260493

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/worker-killed-by-falling-stack-of-pipe-at-port-houston-breakbulk-yard#:~:text=Worker%20Killed%20by%20Falling%20Stack%20of%20Pipe%20at%20Port%20Houston%20Breakbulk%20Yard

https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/news-and-events/alerts/incident-alerts/2019/worker-fatally-crushed-by-steel-pipe

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article291095240.html

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/two-people-crushed-death-after-460973

https://www.plasticsnews.com/news/three-killed-when-truck-hauling-plastic-pipe-overturns-colorado

https://cdllife.com/2024/three-dead-after-semi-truck-hauling-pipe-rolls-on-i-70-in-colorado/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/truck-driver-sentencing-deadly-285-crash-colorado/73-6a718315-0340-444d-94fd-a31cd759d2e6

https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/man-was-using-phone-when-pipe-fell-off-truck-and-killed-girl-court-docs-say/

https://cdllife.com/2024/truly-miraculous-trucker-hauling-steel-pipes-somehow-survives-crash-with-tanker-that-mangled-his-cab/

https://www.newson6.com/story/5e362fdb2f69d76f6204f954/no-injuries-when-giant-pipe-falls-off-truck-blocks-eastbound-i244

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/02/24/fatal-crash-interstate-70-near-downtown-topeka-shuts-down-traffic/6808459002/

https://6abc.com/workplace-accident-pipes-truck-flatbed/1428086/


Links to accidents involving loading and handling pipe


Pipe storage yard accidents

https://www.plantservices.com/industry-news/news/55245785/industrial-accident-leads-to-death-and-double-leg-amputation-for-two-employees-pipe-manufacturer-fined-443k

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3267845/hong-kong-worker-dies-after-being-struck-steel-water-pipes-industrial-accident

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/man-crushed-to-death-by-pipe-at-pegasus-dr-facility-coroner/

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/04/15/construction-worker-killed-after-being-struck-by-large-steel-pipe-in-west-bexar-county-bcso-confirms/

Utilizing contoured dunnage will stop pipes from moving, shifting, or rolling around and can save you money and prevent most pipe handling accidents!